MAKING IT

2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORTIN NEWBERRY COUNTY

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

ENROLLMENT OVERVIEW

Economic Development andContinuing Education Training:

Credit Enrollment:

Dual Enrollment:1,055

767

133

Newberry County Annual Snapshot

In the last full academic year, Piedmont Technical College enrolled 6,572 students in 103,324 credit hours.

STATISTICS:*OUTCOMES:

PLACEMENT:

AREAS:

OUTCOMES:

county of residency

graduate

graduate

employment

transfer

1

5

2

63

74

8

Credit Curriculum: 9%; Continuing Education: 11%

Credit Curriculum: 3%; Continuing Education: 2%

Credit Curriculum: 5%; Continuing Education: 1%

Credit Curriculum: 13%; Continuing Education: 24%

Credit Curriculum: 31%; Continuing Education: 31%

Credit Curriculum: 6%; Continuing Education: 1%

Credit Curriculum: 15%;Continuing Education: 12%

Credit Curriculum: 19%; Continuing Education: 18%

abbeville

mccormick

edgefield

newberrygreenwood

saludalaurens

out of area/state

1

5

2

6

7

4

3

63

92% placement*

Total Transferable Credits Earned: 4,335 Students who started their coursework at PTC and transferred to a four-year institution: 104Estimated cost savings for families in Newberry County: $1,405,707**

2312

Associate Degrees:Diplomas:Certificates:

Here are a few examples of where our graduates found employment:

• Police Officer, Newberry County Sheriff’s Office

• Welder, General Electric

• Radiologic Technologist, Newberry County Memorial Hospital

• Veterinary Technician, USC Lab Animal Facility

• Ranger, Lake Greenwood State Park

*Placement rate is based on job and continued education placement for PTC graduates. **Based on the average cost per credit hour in S.C.’s public colleges and universities, vs. PTC’s cost per credit hour in Newberry County.

CAPITAL INVESTMENTFrom 2012 through 2016, PTC has invested $2,093,130 in Newberry County. These funds represent improvements in facilities, equipment and infrastructure.

*Based on fall 2016 enrollment dataTop destination schools for PTC students include:• Lander University• University of South Carolina• Clemson University• Newberry College• Anderson University

CREDIT PROGRAMS OFFERED IN NEWBERRY COUNTY: In addition to the credit curriculum programs below, which are offered in Newberry County, 80+ credit programs are available through a combination of campus-based, online, and distance learning. All of these programs can be started at the Newberry County Campus.

Advanced Manufacturing• Electrical Maintenance Technician

• Mechatronics Technology

University Transfer and Bridge Programs• Associate in Arts

• Associate in Science

• College of Charleston Collaboration

• Columbia College Bridge Program

• Erskine College Bridge Agreement

• Lander University Bearcat Bound Bridge Program

• Newberry College Bridge Program

• University of South Carolina Bridge Program

• USC Aiken Bridge Program• USC Upstate Bridge Program

Business and Information Technology• Accounting

• Administrative Office Technology

• Business Administration

• Entrepreneurship

• Medical Coding & Billing

• Office Management

• Office Technician

Public Service• Criminal Justice

• Early Childhood Development

• Infant Toddler Care

Health Science• Emergency Medical Technician

• Health Care Certificate

• Human Services

• Occupational Therapy Assistant

• Patient Care Technician

• Veterinary Technology

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

• Arctichill• GLEAMNS• Kraft

• McKechnie• Pleasurecraft Marine Engines• SWM International

• Trucast• Valmont Composite Structures

In addition to credit curriculum programs, Piedmont Technical College offers a wide variety of on-demand training options to businesses and organizations in Newberry County through our Economic Development and Continuing Education Division. We offered the following types of classes to organizations in Newberry County this year:

COMPANIES WE’VE WORKED WITH THIS YEAR:

• 2K Blender Set Up Training• 3 Pointer Training• Accu-Chill Jack Driver Training• Accu-Chill Operator Training• Air Sac Remover• Assemble Chicken Spice Pipe• Auger Operator• Auto Club Packer Training• Baby Blender Operator• Bacon Oven Loader Training• Bacon Stuff Horn/Release

Agent• Bacon Utility Training• Basic EMT• Batch Blender Jack Operator• Batch Weigher Training• Batching Grinder Operator

Training• Batching Meat Management• Big Joe PIT Training• Bin Box Maker• Blast Freezer RTE Training• Blast Operator Training• Blender Operator• Blender Set up Training• Blondie Grader / Palletizer

Training• Blondie Labelers Training• Blondie Packer• Bone Chip & Bruise Removal• Brine Mixer/Pickle Injector• Bubble Deneser Operator• Bulk Box Maker

• Bulk Pack Box Lining Training• Bulk Pack Scaler• Bulk Pack Shoveler Training• Bulk Pack Training• CAS Trailer Sanitation• CAS Trailer Washer• CAS Utility• CFS Evolution Training• CO2 Blender Operator• CO2 Jack Operator• Cartoner Operator Training• Cashin Bacon Slicer Operator• Catalyst Contingency Plan• Centaur System• Cert & Re-Cert Method Training• Challenger Tumbler Operator• Chemical Safety Training• Chicken Line Attendant• Chicken Rack Training• Chiller Attendant Training• Clean 10K & 6K Blenders• Clean Blenders & Grinders

Training• Clean Equipment in Cop Vat• Clean Footbath/Floormats RTE• Clean Meat Insp Augers & Grind• Clean POSS Deboner Training• Clean Up Skin Training• Clean the Chicken Strip Line• Clean the Turkey Shed Training• Cleaning Bacon Stuff Line• Cleaning Brine Mixer & Mesquit• Cleaning Coolers Training

• Cleaning Picker Room Training• Cleaning Scalders• Cleaning Training• Cleaning Weiler Grinder Auger• Cleaning Zero Tolerance Area• Cleaning the Hydroflaker

Training• Cleaning the Sanitation Tools• Closer Operator• CO2 Blender Operator• Condensation Wiper Training• Cone Hanger• Conveyor 11 Jack Driver Training• Cook Room Clerk• Cook Room Material Handler• Cook Room Utility Training• Cooler Attendant Training• Crane Operator• Crepaco/Emulsitator Set up

Training• Crop Puller Training• Curwood Packaging Machine• Cut Over Shoulder• De-Racker Training• Defrost Tumbler Training• Disposal of Offal• Draw Hand Training• Drop Drum Training• Drop Viscera Training• Expose Wishbone Training• Feed Leg Processor• Final Trimmer/Hang Back

Training

TYPES OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OFFERED:

TYPES OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OFFERED (continued):

• Floor Drain Cleaning Training• Forklift Truck Training• Formax 180 Plus Training• Formax Operator Training• GMP’s Further Process• Grader/Palletizer• Grader/Palletizer - Pouch Pak• Grinder Tear Down Training• HACCP Monitor/Verifier• Hallway Driver Training• Hand Cut Misfires Training• Hand/Earmuff/Helmet Wash

Process• Hanger Training• Harvest Turkey Fries• Honey Handling Procedures• House Inspector Training• Hydroflaker Training• Identifying Contamination• Industrial Safety Training• Inedible Handler Training• Inspect Tenderloins Training• Inspector / Trimmer• Inspector Training• Jack Cleaning Procedures• Knife Room Attendant Training• LOTO Procedures• Lift, Stack Pallet Procedures• Line Attendant-Defrost Training• Load Platen Training• Loosen/Pull/Load Tenderloin• MH Blend• MOS Certification• MST Clerk Training• MST Jack Driver Training• Macerator Operator Batch

Training• Machine Adjuster Training• Machine Changeover

Procedure• Maintain Cooler Conditions• Mark Breast Skin• Material Handler• Material Handler Rework Grinder• Material Handler-Line Tech

• Meat Block Documentation• MegaSlicer Operator Training• Mepaco Cleaning Procedures• Mepaco Operating Procedures• Miller Fall Protection Training• NTIS FPS Checker/ Zero

Tolerance• NTIS Process Checker Training• Nitrate Testing• Non-Allergen to Allergen

Process• Nugget Cutter Training• Nursing Assistant• OEE Procedures Training• OSHA General Industrial Training• Opener Training• Operation of Rapid Pack Line• Order Fill Load/Unload Training• Ottawa Yard Truck Driver/Washer• Oven Loader Training• PIT Certifier Guide Training• POSS Inspect• POSS Operations

Documentation• Packer (Pouch Pak)• Packer Training• Pallet & Rider Jack Training• Pinner Training• Plate and Knife Check• Pouch Pack II Box Maker• Powered Industrial Training

Rider Jack• Principles of Quality• Proper Equipment Wash• QCD Translator Training• RSI Prevention for Leaders• RTE Knife Program• RTE Recorder Training• RTE Technician Training• RTU Batching Operator• RTU Meat Management• Rack Hauler• Rack Loading Training• Rack Washer Training• Re-Hang to Schackle Training

• Reading a SAP Ticket Training• Reconditioning Pallets Training• Rework Product• Rework Product Blondie Lines• Rework Product Pouch

Pak & VP• Reworking Product• Rock Inspector Training• SWF Box Maker• Salvage Checker Training• Salvage Rework Training• Sanitation Safety/Chem

Training• Sanitation Attendant• Sanitation Pre-op Inspection• Sanitation of CAS• Score Wings Training• Setting Up-Grinder Training• Shipping & Receiving Security

Requirements• Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training• Slipsheeter Training• Spice Inventory Control• Spice Room Attendant• Stand Up Lift Training• Stretch and Blink Breaks• Stuff Supply Training• T Sizer Cleaning Procedures• TEAS V• Tank Cover Placement & Removal• Tank Pasteurizer Training• Tank Scraper Training• Tank Washer Training• Ticketing Procedures Training• Train the Trainer• Trash Handler Training• Trimmers• Tumbler Cleaning Procedure• Tumbler Cleaning Procedure

Training• USDA Helper Training• Utility• Vent Cutter Training• Waste Stream Control• Wing Inspection Training

Today, apprenticeship programs can be found in such industries as advanced manufacturing, information technology, energy, tourism, transportation and logistics as well as health care, just to name a few. Apprenticeship programs are administered through a partnership between Piedmont Technical College,Apprenticeship Carolina, and local business and industry.

CVS Caremark Store # 03542• Pharmacy Support Staff

Kraft Foods (Louis Rich) • Maintenance Technician• Machine Operator

Nasmyth Precision Products Inc.• CNC Operator

Palmetto Unified School District + Tyger River• Auto Mechanic• HVAC Technician

APPRENTICESHIPS:

REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS:

DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM OPENS DOORS FOR PTC GRAD

Grace Alger, like many students her age, has recently started working toward her bachelor’s degree. For the 2017 Mid-Carolina High School graduate, this will be her second college degree, thanks to the dual enrollment classes she took from Piedmont Technical College.

“I wanted to get a head start for college and I wanted to see if it would help me prepare myself to go to a four-year school,” Alger said. “Once I started taking dual enrollment classes, I realized I really liked the classes I was taking.”

While at Mid-Carolina, Alger was able to take only two classes each semester. But she made the decision to branch out and do more. Through summer and online classes, she was able to complete her associate in arts degree in May 2017, three weeks before she graduated from high school.

Alger is attending the University of South Carolina this fall, pursuinga double major in art and comparative literature. Her goal is to become either a college professor or a translator. Not only is she starting as a junior, she was also selected as part of the Capstone Scholars Program, an invitation-only program at USC.

STUDENT PROFILE

20162017

IN REVIEWYEAR

LANDER UNIVERSITY AND PIEDMONT TECH TO OFFER ENHANCED BRIDGE PROGRAMA historic agreement,

the Bearcat Bound

Bridge Program is

a dual admissions

partnership between

Lander University and

Piedmont Technical

College. After a

student is admitted

into the Lander

transfer track at

Piedmont Tech, there is now a process in place that will

usher them through the admissions process at Lander —

guaranteeing admission to Lander University as long as

transfer requirements are met by the student while at PTC.

The program will provide prospective transfer students

who meet the minimum GPA requirement of a 2.0 and

a minimum of 30 hours of college-level coursework

with advising and academic support for a guaranteed

transfer of credit from PTC to Lander. Additionally,

students who transfer to Lander before completing an

associate degree will be able to easily transfer credit

back to PTC to complete that credential while working

toward their bachelor’s degree.

Participants will also benefit from an array of services that

will improve their transition from PTC to Lander. They

will be issued a Lander University student identification

card, which gives students access to all campus facilities,

including the fitness center, pool and other on-campus

amenities, as well as free entrance into sporting events

and fine arts performances. Students will also have

access to dual academic advisement by professionals at

both PTC and Lander.

PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE OFFERS NIGHT WELDING CLASSESPiedmont Tech and the Newberry County School

District have formed a partnership to offer the PTC

welding program at night beginning in the fall. The

program is expected to expand to the full certificate

offering in spring 2018 pending SACSCOC approval of

the Newberry County Career Center as an off-campus

instructional site.

“The Newberry County School District is very excited

to partner with PTC to provide welding classes at the

Newberry County Career Center which allows our students

and community members an opportunity to obtain a basic

welding certificate,” said Jim Suber, superintendent of the

Newberry County School District. “We also envision our

adult education students being able to take

advantage of this program as well.”

Based on the agreement, welding courses will be offered

at the Newberry County Career Center leading to the

basic welding certificate. Classes will be offered in the

evening, two days a week, during the fall and spring.

The summer schedule may vary, depending on needs

of the students and availability of the instructors. Upon

completion of the credit hours, students will be eligible

for graduation with a basic welding certificate.

MODELS ACADEMY PROGRAM ADOPTED AT PIEDMONT TECHThrough a new program at Piedmont Technical College

called MODELS Academy, the college is taking action to

address a problem of national proportions.

“There continues to be a crisis among African American

males in education,” said Steve Coleman, director of

Genesis Initiatives.

In the U.S., more than two-thirds of African American men

who start college do not graduate within six years, which

is the lowest college completion rate among both sexes

and all racial/ethnic groups in higher education.

MODELS (Men Of Distinction, Elite Leaders and

community Servants) Academy was based on several

organizations around the country including Call Me

MISTER, and 100 Black Men.

The program is targeted to young men in grades

6-12 who have already exhibited potential. Currently,

53 students are participating in the program from

Abbeville, Greenwood and Newberry counties.

Students are recommended by guidance counselors

or community members. Coleman said the students

they want to help are those who have already proven

potential that often fall through the cracks.

2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORTIN NEWBERRY COUNTY

Piedmont Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status in its admissions policies, programs, activities or employment practices.

For information on tuition and fees, program length, graduation rates, placement rates, and median loan debt, visit www.ptc.edu/employment.

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